bring sth back
— phrasal verb with bring uk/brɪŋ/us/brɪŋ/verb [ T ] brought, brought
(RETURN)
A2 to return from somewhere with something:
[ + two objects ] Can you bring me back some milk?
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- If you bring the deposit bottles back, you'll have enough money for chewing gum.
- Astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.
- We brought back a few souvenirs from our holiday in Greece.
- "He hasn't brought the book back." "Oh, really! That's the second time I've asked him!"
- I brought a few trifles back from India - bits of jewellery and material mainly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- claw
- claw sth back
- go
- go back
- money-back
- non-returnable
- put
- put sth back
- recover
- redeem
- restore
- retake
- retrieve
- return
- reversion
- send
- send sth back
- take
- take sth back
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(REMEMBER)
to make someone think about something from the past:
The photos brought back some wonderful memories.
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- look back
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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(DO AGAIN)
to start to do or use something that was done or used in the past:
Few politicians are in favour of bringing back the higher rates of tax.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Repeating an action
- bring
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback
- do sth over
- drawing board
- eye
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- practise
- repeat
- revert to sth
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- warmed-over
- wave
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